ABSTRACT
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rˇezˇ , Czech Republic
This review resulted from rather broad studies of two Czech institutes, namely Insti-
tute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rˇezˇ, IIC ( B.G.) and Nuclear Research Institute, Rˇezˇ, NRI ( J.R.). The collaboration of the two institutes started
not only because of the same location at Rˇezˇ near Prague, Czech Republic, but mainly
from the common interests in development of effective extractants for their use in
the area of nuclear applications. Although the two areas of the review-synthesis and
properties of metal bis(dicarbollide) anions ( IIC ) and extraction research using these
anions ( NRI )—differ in their subjects, techniques and even in style of narration, the
two must be put together in order to have a complete picture of the subject. Section II,
Tables 1-11, Figs. 1 and 2 and the reaction schemes in the review were written and drawn by B.G.
